The end is almost here! I have been having contractions (feel like menstrual cramps) for a few weeks now, but they are very inconsistent and spaced apart - maybe one every 2 days or so. Monday is my appointment to be tested for bacteria and an exam to see what's going on down there. Monday starts my weekly exams until baby makes her grand appearance! I had a dream the other night that Monday he'll say I'm 4 centimeters dialated and that I had to go to the hospital right then and there and deliver. My feet are swollen and I think are even swollen underneath. When I walk it feels like it, and sometimes when I bend my foot a certain way I can feel the swollen parts pushing back. That is an awful description but I don't know how else to describe it. My feet are so fat that my flip flops are leaving red marks! I tried pulling my ring off on different occasions and can't get it off (I wonder if Kevin did that on purpose, haha). Poor Kevin was complaining last night that there wasn't enough room on the bed. Between me, my belly and my body pillow, there isn't! But once Harlow comes, she will have her own bed and I won't need the body pillow anymore, so Kevin it won't be much longer till you can sleep comfortably again! I can't wait till I can sleep again. I know it definitely won't be after she arrives. My parents said when she turns 25 then I will be able to get a good night's sleep. I noticed the other day it seemed as if my stomach 'popped out' a little bit more than before. She is getting SO big! I can't believe how big my stomach is. Just trying to roll over from one side to the other takes all the energy out of me. It's hard to believe she only weighs 5-6 pounds. It feels more like a 50-pound weight is strapped to my stomach. So between the extra-heavy load I'm carrying now, the waddling, the stabbing pain in my lower back (still there, and worse than before), the lack of sleep, and the swelling on the underside of my feet...it's MUCH harder getting around now than it was before. My hormones are going crazy too. One minute I'm in a VERY good mood, the next I'm frustrated and mad at everything...I'm sorry to everyone who experiences this! (Mom and Kevin!)
Last weekend was Kari's wedding. It was so beautiful! I was worried because earlier in the week we had this freak hail storm that came out of nowhere, but by Saturday it was sunny and perfect. At the weddding (Westin La Cantera) I was walking and my heel became stuck in some broken grout on the floor in the lobby area, and basically my body kept going and my foot stayed in one place, so down I went. I didn't hit my stomach, I caught myself a little with my other leg but ended up having to put my hands on the ground. I had some tightening of the uterus and some contractions and I could feel baby moving around (she normally doesn't move until late at night), but then I laid down in my mother-in-law's hotel room for a little while and eventually everything calmed down. The Westin staff gave me some flip flops to wear (BRIGHT white, too) thinking I would be more safe, yet I took two steps outside and tripped again! That time I didn't go down. Not once my entire pregnancy have I tripped or fallen, and yet twice that night I tripped. The wedding was a lot of fun though. I am going to purchase some pictures from the photographer and once I get them I'll load them. My dress sticks so far out in front of me it looks like I'm hiding something underneath.
I have made a to do list of EVERYTHING that needs to be done in the next few weeks and assigned dates to everything. Monday I packed my hospital suitcase, Tomorrow is my first baby class at the hospital! and Sunday Kevin and I are going on a tour of the hospital and afterwards we are getting a stroller/carseat and a crib mattress. Then her room can FINALLY be done (after the mirror is hung, and I find shelves with hooks, and we hang them...). My diaper bag is packed and ready - not that I need that soon but it's still fun to have it! My mom is just about done with her going home outfit. I want to be ready ASAP because who knows when she is coming and it seems like things get harder and harder to do every week, so I want to get them done while I still can. This weekend I'm not going to work and I'm going to spend all my extra time doing all my homework for the rest of the semester so I don't have to worry about it in case I go into labor early. My test was pushed back to April 14, which is just one week closer to the due date. My final is ON my due date so if she comes early at all I will have to get an incomplete in the class and make up the final later. I've never had an incomplete, I don't think it's a big deal, but I'd rather have all that done before she comes so I can just focus on her and not think about school anymore (until I start graduate school, at least). The burning pain on top of my uterus to the left is so bad that the skin is becoming numb. I asked the doctor what that was a visit or two ago, and he said it is just skin stretching. It feels like an Indian rug burn, if you know what that is. One that is very bad and won't go away. I'm so ready to be able to breathe, walk, and lay down like a normal person again!
Originally posted April 3, 2009
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